Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production ISSN: 2377-3855 Released March 2, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Highlights Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 497.3 million bushels in January 2015. Total corn consumption was down 3 percent from December 2014, but up 3 percent from November 2014. January usage included 91.3 percent for alcohol and 8.7 percent for other purposes. Corn for beverage alcohol totaled 2.09 million bushels down 12 percent from December and down 30 percent from November. Corn for fuel alcohol at 445.7 million bushels was down 2 percent from December, but up 3 percent from November. Corn consumed in January 2015 for dry milling fuel production and wet milling fuel production was 89.3 percent and 10.7 percent respectively. Corn used for purposes other than fuel production totaled 43.4 million bushels down 3 percent from December, but up 4 percent from November. Dry mill co-product production of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) was 1.86 million tons during January 2015 down 3 percent from December 2014, but up 5 percent from November 2014. Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65 percent or more moisture was 1.34 million tons in January 2015 down 5 percent from December 2014 and down 1 percent from November 2014. Wet mill corn gluten feed production was 321.8 thousand tons during January 2015 down 2 percent from December 2014, but up 9 percent from November 2014. Wet corn gluten feed 40 to 60 percent moisture was 313.4 thousand tons in January 2015 down 7 percent from December 2014 and down 1 percent from November 2014. Dry and Wet Mill, Corn Consumed - United States: November 2014 - January 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : November 2014 : December 2014 : January 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 bushels : Consumed for alcohol production : Beverage alcohol .........................................: 2,975 2,364 2,087 Fuel alcohol .............................................: 433,939 455,956 445,728 Dry mill ...............................................: 388,410 406,684 397,845 Wet mill ...............................................: 45,529 49,272 47,883 Industrial alcohol .......................................: 6,293 6,953 6,065 Consumed for other purposes : Total wet mill products other than fuel ..................: 41,855 44,866 43,389 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dry Mill, Sorghum Consumed - United States: November 2014 - January 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Purpose : November 2014 : December 2014 : January 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 1,000 cwt : Consumed for alcohol production : Fuel alcohol .............................................: 2,070 889 (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. Dry and Wet Mill, Co-products and Products Produced - United States: November 2014 - January 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Co-products and products : November 2014 : December 2014 : January 2015 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : tons : Dry mill : Condensed distillers solubles (CDS - syrup) ..............: 132,236 172,082 162,626 Corn oil .................................................: 107,190 97,380 105,356 Distillers dried grains (DDG) ............................: 419,028 448,551 438,936 Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) .............: 1,770,904 1,919,823 1,862,550 Distillers wet grains (DWG) 65% or more moisture .........: 1,354,729 1,411,411 1,341,938 Modified distillers wet grains (DWG) 40% to 64% moisture .: 472,819 503,258 480,134 : Wet mill : Corn germ meal ...........................................: 66,384 75,031 71,492 Corn gluten feed .........................................: 295,030 329,431 321,768 Corn gluten meal .........................................: 89,593 94,777 90,617 Corn oil .................................................: 40,980 44,551 41,961 Wet corn gluten feed 40% to 60% moisture .................: 317,273 338,077 313,400 : Dry and wet mill : Carbon dioxide captured ..................................: 205,305 217,311 193,097 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Statistical Methodology Survey Procedures: Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production is part of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program. CAIR reports are administered under NASS's Census of Agriculture program. Response to CAIR surveys are required by law (Title 7, U.S. Code). Data are collected from all known mills that produce ethanol. The census universe was determined during operation profile interviews which were completed for each potential facility to identify the presence of ethanol production in 2014. During the operation profile, facilities that met the survey criteria were asked for the nameplate production capacity. The operation profile also documented the manner in which the firm will report. A firm headquarters can report for all milling locations or each location can report separately. In the Dry Mill Producers and Wet Mill Producers survey questionnaires, mills are asked for previous calendar month data on feedstocks consumed, products and co-products produced. Mills are mailed questionnaires with the options of completing the survey by mail or by Electronic Data Reporting (EDR). 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